Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-08-24


mean businesa Rentl q
1sell our goods NJ down aud rive swsy
the most expensive present "a our cash
customers ever given sway ID this town.
ChatAeld Dem ocrat: II would bessa
good plan for all the farmers who can III
SOW field Of winter rye. If planted 81
once twill afford good pasture this fall
provided Of course there Is 90 occasional
rain, and will afford q lot Of early feed
next spriag, provided it Is not wanted
for grain. II will make . big difference
in the amount of milk, besides helping
,outthe supply Of fodder. %
Wouldn't II be q good idea to organ
ize 8 alee club. Itwould be q good thing
10 while away some Of the long winter
evenings. besides greatly improving our
musical talents. The. evenings are get
ting considerably longer, and cold
weather will soon be upon Us. when out
door exerise will have TO be done away.
with fora while. Let us hear from some
Of those who are muslcally disposed
The owatonna Journal says that .
number ofbusiness men advanced money.
to pay the expenses incurred in holding
the railroad election and securing the
location Of the road through that county.
amounting to $1s5, but when the city.
council audited an account for reim-
bursting them, an injunction upon the
city treasurer was sued out by 8 citizen
to prevent the payment Of the order
Much indignationin felt. ..s
j. Dettlebach. Cheap Charley has.
just returned from the eastern markets,
where he has purchased, as usual. an i'm
mense line Of clothing, gents furnishing.
goods, hats. and caps, which will BE sold
at the lowest possible price, as will be
seen by his add in these columns. Their
store has been thoroughly renovated and
they can now boast Of the finest fitted
store in southern Minnesota. &5
The following report Of crops raised
on q farm Of 100 acres, near the city, fur
nished us by L. D. Baird. will show that
farming, with proper attention, and the
required diversity is pretty solid business
in this county even iu dry year. This
is the result: 1850 bushels of oats. 3O2
bushels of fax, 316 bushels of barley, 1O7
bushels of timothy, 10 tons Of hay and
.pasturagc for the season for II cows. We
think this is q showing that ought to
be satisfactory, even to q genuine grum-
bier. g. :%.ss. I q.
ny Has yer heerd what happened last
week to Gabe Snodgrass?" II hain't
heard muffin about him sence he left Aus
tin last week. /" Two trains run tnged-.
der. and Gabe's head was cut clean off. !"
Hes dead s'pose3" of course. he's
been dead ever since" well, Iisn't sur
prised q bit. De as':time I seed him he
was lookin' poorly and was scomplainin'.
of a misery in his chest. and he had q
mighty 'spicious lookin' gumboil on his
neck. Texas Siftings.
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AT the Rochester fair there will be
two balloon ascensions, one. on Wednes-
day. Sept. Z, and one Thursday, Sept. 8.
Williams and Young. Of Cincinnati, are
the aeronauts, and they promise to give
the most daring ascensions and trapeze
performance ever seen in the west. The
balloon used is so feet in diameter and 10
feet high It ascends to the height Of q
mile or more and sails of 9 distance Of
8 or miles, with the daring aeronaut
clinging to q bar, and performing all
kinds of gymnastic feats while sailing
among the clouds . +:
The picnic at Mr.. KimbalPs last FRI.
day by Austin's young people, was q
pleasant affair. About 100 persons were
present and enjoyed themselves heartily
with croquet, ball playing, boating.
swinging, etc, until u fine shower rather
puts damper on the festivities About
$50 lunch was spread blythe ladies. and
bountiful and delicious spread it was
too, and greatly relished by the whole
party. The only accident of the lunch
hour was when Decker in attempting TO
dip cup Of Ice cream from the freezer
broke the handle off his cup. Dur
ing the shower in the afternoon
the barn and hay loft was taken
possession Of, and the rain had little eff
feet on the enjoYments Of the party.
II ANYTHING they rather seemed to enjoy
the shower.
Red Wing Republicae: The fol-
lowing facts are recalled BY an old in,
habitant. which prove that we are enjoy.
ing good times: Sixty years ago 9
bushel Of wheat would buy two yards Of
calico or shifting: the same will now buy
fifteen or twenty yards of the same
goods. A bushel Of ears Of corn would
/ then buy q pound OF nails now y will
buy ten pounds. a pair Of factory
blankets cost good COW IN 1890: now
the price of q common COW will buy six
pairs Of equal quality. II the present